Nieves and Tiffany Jackson began fighting, according to court records, and Nieves slapped her daughter in the face because she was being disrespectful. The argument escalated, court records say, and Jackson began slapping and punching her mother.

That's when Nieves told police she reached behind her and grabbed a steak knife. Court records indicate that Nieves had meant only to threaten her daughter with the weapon to "get her daughter to back off."

But in the struggle Nieves fell out of her wheelchair and swung the knife, stabbing the 15-year-old in the upper right arm and the face, below the eye. Jackson required treatment at St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill before she was released.

Erica Jackson told authorities her mother appeared to cut her sister intentionally -- not on accident as Nieves claimed, according to court records. Nieves told police she doesn't recall how it was that she stabbed her daughter.

Nieves was released on $25,000 unsecured bail, but was ordered to have no contact with her 15-year-old daughter, according to court documents. The Bethlehem woman lives with her four children and her pastor, but authorities have ordered her to find another place to stay for the immediate future, court paper say.

The 31-year-old has been charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and harassment, court records say.